Ouke  University  Libraries 
Journal  of  the 
Conf  Pam  #807 

DT=iDMt,3E5 


JOURNAL 


OF    THE 


CONVENTION  OF  1860-'61 


THURSDAY,  APRIL  4,  1861. 


At  the  luMir  to  which  the  Convention  was  adjourned,  the 
PresidentJtQok  thp  chair,  and  the  proceediiiij6  Avere  opened 
with  prayer  by  the  Rev.  Daniel  Du  Pre. 

The  Clerk  called  the  roll,  and  the  following  Delegates 
answered  to  their  names  : 


Messrs.  Adams, 
Allison, 
Appleby, 
Atkinson, 
Aver, 
Barnwell, 
Barron, 
Barton, 
Beaty, 
Bethea, 
Bellinger, 
Brabham, 
Brown,  A.  H. 
Brown,  C.  P. 
Cain,  • 
Calhoun, 
Caldwell,- 


Campbell, 

Carn, 

Carlisle, 

Carroll, 

Caughman, 

Chesnut, 

Cheves, 

Clarke, 

Conner, 

Crawford, 

Darby, 

Davant, 

Davis, 

De  Saussure, 

Duncan, 

Dun  kin, 

Dunovant,  R.  G.  M. 


Journal  of  the 


Du  Pre, 

Easloy, 

Ellis, 

English, 

Evans, 

Fair, 

Find. 

Forster, 

Foster, 

Framptoii, 

Fwrmaii, 

(4a(ll)i'rry, 

(Tarlington, 

Gciger, 

Gist^ 

Glover, 

Goodwin, 

Gourdin,  R.  X. 

Gourdiu,  T.  L. 

Green, 

Gregg,  Maxcy 

Gregg,  William 

Grisham, 

Ilaiiiinond, 

ilanekel, 

Harrison, 

Hayne, 

Henderson, 

Honour, 

Hnnter, 

Hutson, 

Inglis, 

Ingram, 

Jackson, 

Jefteriea, 

Jenkins,  J.  E. 

Johnson, 

Keitt, 

Kershaw, 

Kilgore, 

Kinard, 

Kinsler, 

Landrum, 

Lewis, 

Logan, 


Lvlcs, 

>icCrady, 

Mclver, 

Mclvee, 

Manning, 

Maul  din, 

Maxwell, 

Mavcs, 

Mazvok, 

Means, 

Middleton,  J.  Izard 

Middleton,  W. 

Miles, 

Moore, 

Moorman, 

Nohle, 

Now  ell, 

O'Hear, 

Orr, 

Palmer, 

Parker, 

Perrin, 

Pressl}', 

Qu'attlehaum, 

Kainey, 

Keed, 

Rhett, 

Rhodes,. 

Richardson,  .1.  P. 

Rohinson, 

Rowel  1, 

Scott, 

Sessions, 

Shingler,  J.  M. 

Simons, 

Simpson, 

Smyly, 

Smith, 

Snowdeu, 

Spain, 

Spratt, 

Springiji, 

Stokes, 

Sims, 

Thompson,  R.  A. 


Convention  of  1861.  3 

Thomson,  Thomas  "Whitner, 

Timmoiis,  "Williams, 

Tompkins,  Wilson,  I.  D. 

•     Townscnd,  Wilson,  J.  H. 

Wannamaker,  Wilson,  W.  B. 

Wardlaw,  D.  L.  Withers, 

Watts,  Woods, 

Wier,  Young. 

The  Journal  of  yesterday's  proceedings  was  read. 
Mr.  Adams  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
ordered  to  lie  on  the  table  : 

Mesolved,  That  this  Convention  do  adjourn   sine  die,  to- 
morrow, A])ril  oth,  at  four  o'clock,  p.  m. 


UEXERAL  ORDERS. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Miles,  the  Report  of  the  Committee 
on  Foreign  Relations  in  relation  to  the  Report  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  State,  was  considered  and  Avas  agreed  to. 

The  general  orders  were  suspended,  and 

Mr.  Mazyck  offered  the  following  resolution,  which  was 
referred  to  the  Committei!  on  the  Military. 

Besolved,  That  the  Governor  be  and  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized to  commission  the  officers  of  any  volunteer  company 
which  may  be  formed  in  any  of  the  districts  adjacent  to  the 
sea-coast,  for  local  service,  provided  that  no  such  commis- 
sion shall  be  issued  without  the  written  consent  and  appro- 
bation of  the  commanding  officers  of  the  Regiment,  Bat- 
talion and  Company,  respectively,  within  the  limits  of 
which  such  volunteer  company  shall  have  been  formed;  and 
provided,  also,  that  such  commissions  shall  not  continue 
longer  than  davs  after  the   close  of  the  next   regular 

o  *  *- 

s.ession  of  the  legislature.    . 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Spain,  leave  of  absence  was  granted  to 
Mr.  Green,  on  account  of  indisposition. 


•TOUHXAL    tiF     IHK 


GENERAL    ORDERS. 

All  Oriliiiaiicc  to  ainciid  an  (  h'tlinaiu-c  coiiccniiiii:'  citi- 
zeiishiij  was  agreed  to,  and  was  ordrn-d  to  he  sio-iu'd  Ity  the 
l^resident  and  tlie  Clerk. 

An  Ordinance  to  repeal  suiidiy  (Ordinances,  and  to  alter 
the  fourth  Article  and  sundry  sections  of  tlu'  Constitutit)ii. 
was  taken  \\\). 

Mr.  Ilutson  olfered  the  fojiowiiii;-  amendment,  whii-li  was 
not  agreed  to  : 

"  i'rovided,  that  no  one  not  horn  a  citizen  of  this  State 
shall  vote  in  any  elcctitMi,  unless  he  shall  at  some  time  pre- 
viously liave  taken  the  oath  of  allegiance  to  tliis  State; 
excepting,  however,  such  persons  as  are  now  citizens  of  this 
State." 

The  Ordinance  was  agreed  to,  and  was  ordered  to  he 
signed  by  tlie  President  and  the  Clerk. 

An  Ordinance  to  alter  the  tenth  section  of  the  lirst  article 
of  the  Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  and  the 
amendment  thereof,  ratitied  the  28th  of  -Tanuary,  18G1  ; 
also,  to  alter  the  tenth  section  of  the  amcudmonts  ratitied 
on  the  17th  day  of  December,  1808,  and  likewise  the  second 
clause  of  the  eleventh  article  of  the  Constitution  aforesaid  ; 
was  considered,  and  was  agreed  to,  and  was  ordered  to  be 
signed  by  the  President  and  the  Clerk. 

The  Report  ot  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  the 
State  on  an  Ordinance  to  amend  the  ninth  article  of  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  of  South  Carolina  ;  and 

The  Report  of  the  same  Committee  on  an  Ordinance  fur- 
ther to  amend  the  fourth  section  of  the  lirst  article  of  the 
Constitution  of  this  State,  were  considered,  and  were  agreed 
to. 

The  General  Orders  were  suspended,  and  Mr.  D.*  L. 
Wardlaw  oft'ercd  the  following  resolution,  which  ^\as  con- 
sidered immediately,  and  A\'a8  agreed  to  : 


Convention  of  1861.  5 

Resolved^  That  the  Constitution  of  the  State  shall  be 
engrossed,  omitting  all  temporary  provisions,  and  incorpor- 
ating all  amendments,  so  as  to  present  a  symmetrical  whole, 
and  that  after  having  been  read  and  approved  by  the  Con- 
vention, it  shall  be  ratified. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  D.  L.  Wardlaw,  it  was  ordered,  that  the 
Constitution  of  the  State  be  engrossed  under  the  supervi- 
sion of  the  Committee  on  the  Constitution  of  tbe  State. 

On  motion  of  Mr.  Harllee,  the  Convention  went  into 
secret  session. 

B.  F.  ARTHUR, 

Clerk  of  the  Coywention. 


Digitized  by  the  Internet  Arciiive 
in  2010  with  funding  from 
Duke  University  Libraries 


http://www.archive.org/details/journalofconvent02sout 


Hollinger  Corp. 
pH8.5 


